#society

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#descends #dull #earth #genius #inert

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#black #bored #each #get #hand

The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society. ↗

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

#activity #another #bearing #burdens #condition

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#character #needful #society #solitude #wholesome

The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#fairer #fairness #make #project #society

And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#answer #approach #choosing #ever #first

One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#act #already #decide #decided #decision

On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#becoming #both #clear #communication #component

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#elements #far #governments #more #other

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#counter #defend #differing #expression #freedom